Judge stays scheduled Alabama execution to evaluate if inmate is competent
The judge said the execution of David Lee Roberts will be on hold until a report from the Alabama Department of Mental Health is finished.
The judge said the execution of David Lee Roberts will be on hold until a report from the Alabama Department of Mental Health is finished.
The state of Alabama has executed a convicted killer by lethal injection for the killing of an elderly couple in Marion County in 2004.
Jamie Ray Mills is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Thursday evening at Holman Prison in Escambia County.
Gov. Kay Ivey has set an execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery in Marion County.
Two Alabama inmates on a work crew were killed Wednesday after being struck by a car while picking up trash on the side of a highway in Marion County.
Tributes to the victims of yesterday’s fiery 17-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Butler County are coming in to Alabama News Network.